This was the first year I hit our local comic shops for Free Comic Day. The family and I hit 2 shops on Saturday morning and brought home close to 20 new comics to try. I read a lot of comics as a kid, but I stuck mainly with independent series and never go into the popular titles. I've been wanting to encourage the kids to read comics, but it can be a bit intimidating to find a series when some of them have been in production for so long. FCBD provides a great opportunity to sample both new and old comics. Some of our favorites that we brought home:

Clone Wars

The Last Airbender

Super Dinosaur

Silver Scorpion

We have many more and as we read them I'm sure our list of favorites will grow.

Our second comic stop of the day gave us a surprise when we found numerous Star Wars characters greeting customers.

Ben with Count DookuMark your calendars for the next Free Comic Book Day on May 5th, 2012.